Comments on: The old Chad is back, which is good news for the Dolphins

By: nremi85

nremi85 — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 02:36:25 +0000

Yo everyone…Chad will have a great year….I just know it….dolphins will. B one good team…with philvin as coast he never did bad coaching anything only did the best….Chad comeback back player of yr cinco _

By: FinFan68

FinFan68 — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 18:42:14 +0000

I don’t think he has been very productive since he messed with karma by wearing that dumb “future HOFer” jacket. He may be a decent guy but his antics are not about football or having fun with the game; they are simply about calling attention to himself. It’s a shame he wasted a good bit of talent by being more concerned with twitter and “reality” shows than he was with his profession of NFL WR.

By: gpete1962

gpete1962 — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 12:20:39 +0000

when Belichick has no more use for you, That’s it your done!!

By: londonbengal

londonbengal — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 18:55:51 +0000

Dude hasn’t been right since the day Brian Russell of the Browns rang his bell back in the day……..

By: dolphinsfootball

dolphinsfootball — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 17:47:20 +0000

Hey, at least Miami didn’t trade away two draft picks for him.

By: phinfan527

phinfan527 — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 16:38:25 +0000

Great. In NE you respected the Pats organization and how they ran things. Just shows your character Chad that you come to Miami and think it’s ok to be an idiot. Hopefully you’ll be cut before week 1.

By: rajbais

rajbais — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 15:39:12 +0000

By The Way, Bill Walsh got rid of cigarettes from the locker room and what happened to the 49ers???

Three super Bowls with him as the head coach!!!

Again to those who feel that stupidity will get Chad to play well: stupidity does not always help you!!! If you act stupid you lack too much dedication to be a great player!!! He lacked dedication in 2008, 2010, and 2011 and he doesn’t seem to be dedicated right now!!!

If he is putting fast food in his diet while he is in his 30s God help us!!!

To condone all this crap is like saying that linemen should play the game after getting drunk when staying sober will help you be more athletic!!!

In addition, does anyone remember Lawrence Taylor talking about how he sent kinky women into the opposing players’ locker rooms in order mess up their games for the next Sunday afternoon???

If Taylor’s opponents are terrible after having pleasurable night with kinky women how can Chad do well after goofing off???

Stupidity does not equal talent!!! Neither does personality!!!

Chad (Whatever the hell his name is) and Tim Tebow: the two most overcovered athletes in 2012!!!!

By: rajbais

rajbais — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 15:25:11 +0000

No!!!!!!

There’s a “new Chad” trying to be the “old Chad”!!!

He jeopardized his own career and if he was as unproductive as he was New England he likely worsened his remaining skills and whatever talent he had because running routes (either poor or barely good) while doing nothing is pretty much making yourself a worse pass catcher!!!!

“For the X-and-O-obsessed crowd who summarily dismiss the impact of human factors on the game, think again.”

Shut up!!! No I will NOT think again!!!

You need game to play the game!!! You need game to play the game!!!
If he underperformed in 2008 and 2010 and acted like an idiot he will do nothing in 2012!!! Plus he acted like an idiot during the 2011 off-season, but his lack of idiocy and ineptitude with the New England Patriots playbook made him struggle!!!

Also, if the fines (according to his Tweet) are to come from @MiamiDolphins it doesn’t mean that they’ll pay the fines while he’s on the team. If he can’t play well in New England and the majority of receivers who leave New England stink after they leave Chad is on the bubble!!! He does not have to be on the team in order for them to pay fines!!!

Florio will be wrong and I don’t care how many thumbs down I get!!!

If you forget about 2008, 2010, and 2011 you are pretending that he was good every time he acted stupid!!!!

In addition, if you act this way you have selective amnesia and you show a person like myself why selective amnesia is bad for you!!!

Ocho is Cero!!! He’s a loser, wash up, and will take his talents out of South Beach!!!

He’s too old to act stupid and just because he acted stupidly doesn’t mean he’s going to play well!!! It has not always been the case!!! Just check out the 2008 and 2010 seasons at least and you will know what I am talking about and that I will outsmart Florio!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

“Welcome back Chad???”

I don’t think so!!!

By: texansdude

texansdude — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 15:23:57 +0000

He’s been saying “this is my year” for at least five years now. Nobody believes a word of it anymore. Shut up and play ball!

By: CKL

CKL — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 15:19:27 +0000

Thanks for the laugh truthhurts. It must hurt you too much to tell the truth (or see it). BB loves Chad’s personality. Just because he had to become more team oriented doesn’t mean he wasn’t allowed to joke around while he was there. All BB asks is for a guy to be a team player and work his butt off and he will be respected. Most coaches feel similarly, I would imagine. Chad appeared to do both in NE.

The Pats have/had plenty of offbeat personalities (hello Brandon Spikes, Vrabel, Meriweather etc). To Chad’s credit, he hasn’t complained publicly that I know of that BB “stifled” him. He’s putting it on himself for struggling with the playbook. He also took a salary cut to try to stay this offseason, so if he felt that strongly about not being a Patriot, he probably would have refused and gotten cut earlier.

By: squared80

squared80 — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 15:19:03 +0000

Isn’t he still the same straight-line playmaker who can’t run routes or disect a defensive scheme?

By: cuda1234

cuda1234 — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 15:07:45 +0000

No way Ocho-Clown-o should be allowed to wear Mark Duper’s #85. Both 85 and 83 should have been retired long ago. Let Chad go without a number until he makes the team.

By: theandy59

theandy59 — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 14:58:25 +0000

Belichick emphasizes “team” over individual. He doesn’t mind players having fun, he actually encourages celebration among teammates (see video from “Life of a Coach”). What he doesn’t want is players doing things on or off the field that draw attention to themselves as individuals at the expense of the team. Give me a guy that willingly sublimates his ego for the betterment of the team every time. Players pulling stunts in the end zone that are sure to garner 15 yard penalties are me-first players willing to put the team at a disadvantage so they can call attention to themselves. Maybe Hue should check his resume against Belichick’s and learn something. Sure, Johnson was productive with the Bengals, but how many games did they win? As for Johnson, I wish him well – he’s an entertaining player and he makes the game fun – I’m just glad he’s not doing it for the Patriots any longer cause I’m not willing to put up with all the other BS that you apparently must in order to get production.

By: kinggeorge96

kinggeorge96 — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 14:56:50 +0000

So it’s ok for Chad to be Chad, but it’s not ok for Terrell Owens to be Terrell or T.O. or what ever we call him? When Owens does this, he’s a pain in the ass… Seems like the same act to me.

By: go9ers

go9ers — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 14:39:37 +0000

Perhaps you missed his antics, but I found them boorish. Football is the ultimate team sport. A player should not have to act like a prima donna to be successful. None of the truly top players are.

By: jeffinstlouis

jeffinstlouis — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 14:37:26 +0000

I find it amazing how easy the football media is taking it on Chad considering he was basically too stupid to learn the NE playbook.

By: agelardi

agelardi — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 14:34:12 +0000

Maybe he’ll take attention away from what could be some terrible football being played by the Dolphins this season.

By: bchapman2011

bchapman2011 — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 14:29:35 +0000

“Chad Ochocinco’s troubles in New England may have manifested themselves in difficulties with the playbooks and the pass routes and the overall offensive approach employed by a team that refuses to adapt for any one player”
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I am a devout Miami fan but how can you say that the Patriots refuse to adapt for any one player? What about Randy Moss? They changed their offense to play to his strength of just running deep routes. What about when they drafted two TE’s and changed their entire offensive scheme to center around Gronk and Hernandez? I would say the Patriots adapt more than any other orginization which is why the win every year. That is why a-lot of people are concerned about Ocho. If NE could not get the most out of him that is reason for concern.

By: truthhurtstoo

truthhurtstoo — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 14:26:25 +0000

well… he looks to be focused and wanting to put in the work. Still looks quick in and out of breaks… time will tell.
Not surprised that he wasn’t a fit with Belicheat’s
ego and “no fun” policy.
You would think he would lighten up as Coflin (Giants) did. Look at the results, 2 recent Super Bowl Wins.

By: dshanky

dshanky — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 14:22:02 +0000

The old Chad? Which one?

The one who worked his ass off to be one of the best WRs in the NFL (prior to 2008), or the one that became a sideshow – changing his name, hiring Drew Rosenhaus, and becoming a reality TV star?

Chad hasn’t been putting forth the effort to be a great WR in a long time. He hasn’t been a game changer since 2007.

Now, he’s getting old and his window has pretty much closed.